Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: Police officers and health workers fanned out across Kabul and rounded up 200 drug addicts, trying to get them help in their treatment. The campaign was launched on Wednesday by the police in a joint venture with the Phoenix camp hospital’s health workers. These drug addicts were …
Read More »Efforts underway for Istanbul conference
AT News KABUL: The state ministry for peace affairs is expecting the Taliban to attend the Istanbul Conference but the due time is of holding the meeting is yet to be specified. An official of the peace ministry, Azizullah Fazli said that the government negotiating team met the Taliban delegation …
Read More »Parliament calls for end to chaos in Faryab
AT News KABUL: The parliament called for end to the week-long chaos in the northern province of Faryab. The tension rose in Faryab after the government appointed Mohammad Daud Laghmani as provincial governor. Laghmani replaced Naqibullah Faiq, who has recently been appointed as senator and granted with a medal by …
Read More »US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan 20pc done: Report
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The effort to withdraw all United States forces from Afghanistan by September is up to 20 percent complete, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said. The command gave a completion range of between 13 percent to 20 percent, adding that five military facilities have been handed over to …
Read More »Nangarhar watermelon harvest estimated to reach 79k tons
AT News KABUL: The ministry of agriculture and irrigation has estimated the products of watermelon to reach 79,000 tons this year in the eastern province of Nangarhar. A spokesman for the ministry, Akbar Rustami said that Nangarhar last year produced 73,000 tons watermelon yields. According to him, over 1,995 hectares of land …
Read More »Different reactions to Taliban official’s funeral
AT News KABUL: A video went viral in the funeral of Mullah Abdul Mannan Neyazi, deputy leader of a Taliban offshoot group, was followed by different reactions. Neyazi was injured to head some two weeks ago in his birthplace of Herat province. He was reportedly flown to Kabul for treatment …
Read More »Ghani puts ‘achievements’ as condition to peace with Taliban
AT News KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said that if the Taliban insisted on violence and tried to impose a “dictatorial regime”, the decision would be made on the battlefield. In an interview with the PBS News Hour, Ghani said that if the Taliban wants peace, then it has to …
Read More »Karzai discuses peace with prominent politicians
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai met jihadi leader, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf and chairman of the high council for national reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah, where they discussed the peace process and the ongoing situations in the country. This comes as efforts are underway to finalize the high council of government …
Read More »Human Rights Watch worried about Afghan women’s condition
AT News KABUL: The Human Rights Watch expresses concerns over the conidtion of Afghan women, predicting their future as challenging. It says that Afghan women still don’t have access to their basic rights. Heather Barr, a senior human rights researcher and head of the Human Rights Watch in Asia, said …
Read More »143 Taliban fighters killed in fresh crackdowns
AT News KABUL: At least 143 Taliban insurgents were killed and 66 others wounded during latest military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, defense officials said on Tuesday. Backed by the Afghan Air Forces, the Afghan security forces conducted a series …
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